The federal government sets some basic standards: U.S. citizens age 18 or older are eligible to vote. But each state can ...

Statewide there was a record first day of early voting Thursday and in Cabarrus County about 5,700 people voted.

Judges seeking appointments, wealthy Republicans hoping for ambassadorships and criminals who wanted pardons were among the ...

The youth e-cigarette rate fell to under 6% this year — the lowest at any point in the last decade — down from 7.7% last year ...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., listens ...

West Cabarrus sophomore girls basketball player Jillian Simmons is this week’s Independent Tribune Athlete Spotlight. Last year, the 5-foot-7 Simmons played a key role as a guard for the Wolverines, ...

The Oregon football team's decision to exploit a loophole in the rules late in a win over Ohio State is hardly new.

A wave of influencers on TikTok and other social media platforms have started specializing in a trend they call "kindness content," but some critics find the content to be problematic.

It would be easy to argue that North Carolina is a red state. We have two United States senators who are Republicans. The majorities in both houses of the state legislature are Republican and the ...

A grand jury has indicted both a Georgia teenager and his father after the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder ...

Actor-dancer Mitzi Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of natural ...

The 52-page report took the Secret Service to task for specific problems leading up to the rally in Butler as a well as ...